Review of Our Beloved Month of August (2008) by Nadia D — 17 Feb 2012

It had a nice concept, starting off as a documentary so later on when fiction is added it feels more real. It would have been interesting if the documentary bits were less (as we got the point quite early).

The story was extremely boring and not interesting enough, the long shots (of landscape! and etc...) only helped turning it into a really excrutiating experience.

They should have explored the characters more. And show the crew less, didn't really like the "making of" idea, especially the moments with the director and producer (the sound guy was ok!), as they were all bad actors it didn't really worked as a bridge between fiction and the documentary. Also made me think they all had a huge ego.

The acting was not as bad as the dialog coming through their mouths. At times I felt like screaming for not being able to see the actors faces. And the sex scene? Serious? We can't see her face... not before, not after, not during.

All the shots, were incredibly long and dull, camera movements were stupid and noticeable.

Great depiction of Portugal in the summer, as i've never seen before on screen. It was a shame that the film was poorly executed.